Jesus Jargon
My wife and I have a road trip game called "Jesus Jargon." Here's how it works. First, find a Christian music station. They're usually somewhere in the 80's on the FM dial, and they're easy to identify by that clean, dull, generic Christian music sound.
When a … [Read more...]

I recently came across yet another article that claims atheists don't really exist. This is a very common argument among Christians. To them, the existence of god is so obvious that they simply can't grasp the concept of not believing. So the only explanation that makes sense to … [Read more...]

I want to let my readers know that I'm taking a temporary hiatus (sort of). Southern Skeptic is not my full-time job, and I'm a stay-at-home dad with one son and another son on the way, so I don't have a lot of spare time.
If I worked a regular 9-5 job, I would probably still … [Read more...]

Although Christians are confident they will spend all of eternity in Heaven, many of them don't seem to give it much thought. This is very strange to me. If Heaven is forever, then Christians will spend virtually all of their existence there. In fact, their time on Earth will … [Read more...]

Sometimes I get into mini-debates with Christians on Twitter and Google+. I probably shouldn't even bother, but I'm fascinated by the way Christians think. Especially since I used to be one of them. They actually believe they're making good points, but what they're really doing … [Read more...]

The Matrix is one of my favorite movies of all time. I just rewatched it recently, but this time I noticed something I hadn't thought about before: Neo waking up from the matrix is a great analogy for a theist waking up from religion.
Of course, it all depends on one's … [Read more...]

As I wrote about in my last post, one of the main areas of disagreement between Christians and atheists is whether there is evidence for Christianity.
If you're a Christian, the evidence for God probably seems pretty obvious: Just look around! The stars, the planets, life... … [Read more...]

I've noticed many Christians use circular reasoning when explaining why they believe what they do. They go from evidence to faith to evidence again. I've spoken to many Christians in person and online, and this is generally how it goes:
When I ask why they believe Christianity … [Read more...]

This post is a little unusual because there are some fundamentalist Christians who might actually agree with most of what I have to say. But I'm not writing this for them. I'm writing this for average everyday Christians, people who believe the Bible and perhaps even go to church … [Read more...]

Back when I was still a Bible-thumping, church-going, evangelical Christian, I used to have little moments of doubt. One time it happened while I was sitting in church listening to my pastor preach about obedience. He briefly mentioned the serpent that spoke to Eve and tempted … [Read more...]